Job summary
- Main area
- Commissioning
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 996-ICB- 5357-25
- Employer
- NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Council House
- Town
- Derby
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Commissioning Manager
NHS AfC: Band 7
NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the health statutory body for the Derby City and Derbyshire population. ICSs are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined-up services and to improve the health of people who live and work in their area. Serving a total population of 1,053,000 with a budget of over £1.6 billion the ICB has a staff base of approximately 500 people.
At DDICB we are passionate about making diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We have staff engagement forums, a diversity and inclusion network run by and for our people and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. Together, we are building an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated and people feel able to bring their whole self to work.
We are a disability confident employer and offer a range of family friendly, flexible working arrangements and inclusive employment policies, to support our people in the workplace.'
Job overview
We are looking for a talented individual to join the Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board's Children and Young People's Physical Health and SEND Commissioning team.
The role is based in an outward-looking, dynamic and supportive team and is vital to the delivery of our commissioning intentions for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and the requirements of the NHS Long Term Plan. The prospective team member will work across the Derbyshire footprint with a range of stakeholders that include Social Care, Schools, health providers and VCSE organisations to help drive system wide developments that ensure children and young people with a range of complex needs are able to achieve their goals.
The role is being advertised on a permanent basis for 30 hours per week, although requests for job share and flexible working hours will be considered.
The person who joins us will bring to the role their commissioning, procurement and project management experience - or evidence of transferable skills. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate that their values align with the ICB's and are passionate about delivering good outcomes for people and populations. The successful candidate will have an appreciation and understanding of the needs of children and young people with SEND; can evidence collaborative working; and have a track record in delivery.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will support the Senior Commissioning Manager and Head of Department to ensure that their workstream of programmes are planned and managed effectively and take the lead in assisting in their successful delivery of :
- Specific projects within the team's work programme – for example transformation projects; procurements; or service reviews
- Specific pieces of work to review services and ensuring that we are commissioning for the needs of our population – including co-producing wherever possible
- Ensuring that we achieve Value for Money and work effectively and efficiently across the wider partnership
- Leading the development and management of key dashboards and information reporting for assurance and performance monitoring
Working for our organisation
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, the children and young people we support, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement and if it works for the team, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account
Person specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Demonstrates experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
- Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at SMT level
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
Communication Skill
Essential criteria
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
Analytical
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
Planning Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
Autonomy
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to other departments and teams as and when necessary
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Will Galloway-Grant
- Job title
- Head of Children's - Physical Health and SEND
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07825979112
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